{"id":5329,"date":"2016-07-04T20:22:48","date_gmt":"2016-07-05T00:22:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bobandcarl.com\/?p=5329"},"modified":"2026-04-03T12:19:56","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T16:19:56","slug":"the-perfect-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bobandcarl.com\/2016\/07\/the-perfect-day\/","title":{"rendered":"The Perfect Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ever have a perfect day?<\/p>\n<p>They don&#8217;t come around too often, do they? \u00a0So when you have one, you tend to not take it for granted.<\/p>\n<p>Ours came Monday, at <a href=\"\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Great Oaks Country Club<\/a>, in Rochester Michigan. \u00a0In every aspect, it was a perfect day.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ll explain.<\/p>\n<p>The weather started things out. \u00a0<em>Perfect<\/em>. \u00a0If you were playing music at a pool party, you couldn&#8217;t have imagined a better day. \u00a0It was hot, with a hint of humidity. \u00a0The <em>perfect<\/em> temperature to send you to the lake, the river the stream or, in our case, a country club pool.<\/p>\n<p>If you know that its going to be hot, better get comfortable right by the pool. \u00a0The best thing to cool down with is some <strong>Jimmy Buffet<\/strong>, or <strong>Beach Boys<\/strong> music. \u00a0Or, maybe some <strong>Kenny Chesney<\/strong>, while you&#8217;re at it?<\/p>\n<p><em>Perfect<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>So, just as we are about to settle in and begin, one of the managers, comes up to us, with a check in his hand. \u00a0Getting paid before the job even begins, falls right in to that, <em>perfect<\/em> category. \u00a0Then, he tells us that they want us to play at Great Oaks for . . . \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 what did he say . . . \u00a0 &#8220;Forever!&#8221;. \u00a0Ok, we can try. \u00a0<em>Perfect<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>The first song begins, and its apparent that the sound is going to be just right, today.<br \/>\nSometimes, as you might imagine, things can be a bit out of whack. \u00a0This can be too loud or one instrument is out of tune, or not capable of being heard. \u00a0Not today. \u00a0The sound is, (you guessed it), <em>perfect<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>After we finished a wonderful first set, it was apparent how enjoyable this day was for both of us. \u00a0We could tell, because while we were playing each song, we both felt like we could have extended them all afternoon. \u00a0That, was how enjoyable they were.<\/p>\n<p>Right on the heels of the first set, it was time for a break. \u00a0A perfect time to sample some of the amazing barbaque fare available on the beautiful day. \u00a0If the word, <em>perfect<\/em> actually had a taste, we could have sampled it on that day.<\/p>\n<p>Set two was just as much fun as the first, with the requests beginning to pour in. \u00a0Focusing even more than usual on America, we got the opportunity to feature some songs that spotlight the amazing aspects of what it means to be truly American.<\/p>\n<p>Kids were playing, with mom&#8217;s and dad&#8217;s chasing after them. \u00a0Faces were painted, bubbles were flying through the summer breeze and everywhere you looked you were treated with the sounds and sights of a perfect summer party; as timeless and satisfying as all those summer parties, long remembered.<\/p>\n<p>All we needed to do was \u00a0. . . \u00a0add some <em>perfect<\/em> music.<\/p>\n<p>The summer heat always beckons the music of the islands. \u00a0For some reason, it cools you down, just hearing those dulcet tones of <strong>Bob Marley and the Wailers<\/strong>, <strong>Kenny Chesney<\/strong> or the always relaxing <strong>Jimmy Buffett<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Although our last set came to an end, neither of us felt like stopping; so we didn&#8217;t!<\/p>\n<p>We played two or more encores, just to keep this <em>perfect<\/em> day going. \u00a0In the end, it was time to leave. \u00a0Our job done, we gathered our equipment while chatting with the cordial members who came over to thank us for their wonderful day.<\/p>\n<p>Their day might have very well been wonderful. \u00a0But, not ours.<\/p>\n<p>Our day was . . . . \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(you guessed it!)<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Perfect!!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>RB<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-5352\" src=\"\" alt=\"IMG_0336\" width=\"100\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-5353\" src=\"\" alt=\"IMG_0337\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-5351\" src=\"\" alt=\"IMG_0335\" width=\"100\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-5358\" src=\"\" alt=\"IMG_0342\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-5350\" src=\"\" alt=\"IMG_0333\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-5362\" src=\"\" alt=\"IMG_0346\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-5359\" src=\"\" alt=\"IMG_0343\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-5361\" src=\"\" alt=\"IMG_0345\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ever have a perfect day? They don&#8217;t come around too often, do they? \u00a0So when you have one, you tend to not take it for granted. Ours came Monday, at Great Oaks Country Club, in Rochester Michigan. \u00a0In every aspect, it was a perfect day. I&#8217;ll explain. The weather started things out. \u00a0Perfect. \u00a0If you&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"bookmark\" class=\"theme-button-solid-accent wolf-core-button wolf-core-button-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/bobandcarl.com\/2016\/07\/the-perfect-day\/\"><span>Continue reading<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5350,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5329","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry","clearfix","entry-post-module-layout-sidebar-right","thumbnail-color-tone-dark","no-post-thumbnail","entry-post","entry-standard","entry-post-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bobandcarl.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5329","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bobandcarl.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bobandcarl.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bobandcarl.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bobandcarl.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5329"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/bobandcarl.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5329\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29413,"href":"https:\/\/bobandcarl.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5329\/revisions\/29413"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bobandcarl.com\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bobandcarl.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5329"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bobandcarl.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5329"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bobandcarl.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5329"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}